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Summer 2015 Mobile Game Development class

This is a 6 week full time mobile game development class from June 1th to July 10th. The first week will help you get up to speed with developing using Java on the Android platform. The next 2 weeks will be spent getting familiarized with libgdx, a popular game framework that we will be using. There will be several guest speakers from the game industry who will talk about game production, success and failure stories, and also technical talks on various game components. You'll get to work with and learn from mentors who are professional software engineers, and get feedback from teams at game development studios. By the end of the course you'll have a playable mobile game, ready for release in the app store.

Syllabus

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###Objectives

• Build and release a game to the Google Play Store
• Learn about the process and production of games
• Have fun!

###Expectations for instructors

• Learn from your students and fellow instructors
• Provide feedback on design as well as code.
• Teach fundamental game concepts, tips and software techniques needed to make a game
• Guide students towards solutions to questions/problems/bugs

###Expectations from students

• Learn from your instructors and peers
• Collaborate and help each other build the best games possible
• Be flexible and collaborative

###Resources and Links

• Java cheatsheet
• Java 6 JavaDoc
• libGDX wiki
• libGDX JavaDoc
• Mission Bit Game Dev IRC channel
• Your instructors and mentors
• Your peers
• Google & StackOverflow!